> From: Charles E Campbell Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> David Howland wrote:
>
> > A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
> >
> >> You mean if the buffer is displayed it would do nothing?
> >
> > No. Delete the buffer, but keep the window open.
> >
> > I often find myself in this situation:
> > - Split window, two buffers open.
> > - Open a new file, look at it, then want to close it.
> > - i would expect to ":bd" to delete the current buffer, leaving the
> > remaining two open, one for each window. But for some
> reason, it also
> > removes my split. Why should deleting a buffer change how
> I have my
> > splits set up?
>
> Because a window must always have a buffer to display. See
>
> "Deleting a buffer without changing your window layout"
> http://vim.sourceforge.net/tips/tip.php?tip_id=622
This is my take at this (sorry, no comments):
function! WipeoutBuffer()
let w_cur = winnr()
let b_cur = winbufnr(0)
bnext
let b_new = winbufnr(0)
if b_new == b_cur
enew
let b_new = winbufnr(0)
endif
windo if winbufnr(0) == b_cur | execute b_new . 'b' | endif
execute w_cur . 'wincmd w'
execute 'bwipeout! ' . b_cur
endfun
